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Anorexia Nervosa: A Discriminant Function Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. S. Wright ,
M. K. C. Manwell  and
J. D. Merrett
W. S. Wright
Affiliation:
Welfare and Guidance Clinics, Queensland Health Department, Queensland, Australia; Department of Mental Health, Queen's University, Belfast 7
M. K. C. Manwell
Affiliation:
Department of Child Psychiatry, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast 9; Department of Mental Health, Queen's University, Belfast 7
J. D. Merrett
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Statistics, Queen's University, Belfast 7
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The diagnosis of anorexia nervosa is not always straightforward. Bliss and Branch (1960) regard all non-organic conditions causing anorexia as anorexia nervosa. However, more recent authors like Dally and Sargant (1960), King (1963), Crisp (1965b) and Bruch (1965) limit the use of the diagnostic label anorexia nervosa to a highly specific entity. Many patients who present with loss of weight and/or loss of appetite fit easily into this classical anorexia nervosa category, whilst many others are equally easily excluded.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 524 , July 1969 , pp. 827 - 831
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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